Millimeter-Wave Multi-Way Power Combining Techniques

Speaker: Qing-Xin Chu
Affiliation: South China University of Technology

Abstract: It is necessary to combine power from multiple monolithic-microwave integrated-circuits (MMICs) to obtain the desired power levels because the output power from an individual solid-state device is often not enough at microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies. In this talk, common power combining techniques are introduced such as circuit-lever combining and space-lever combing. Several compact broadband millimeter-wave combiners are proposed including multi-way tree-type combiners, traveling-wave power combiners, and radial power combiners. The proposed combiners demonstrates the characteristics of compact, broadband, and low insertion loss, which are good candidates for millimeter-wave power combing amplifiers.

Biography: Qing-Xin Chu is chair professor with the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology, the director of the Engineering Center of Antennas and RF Techniques of Guangdong Province in China. He is the vice president of China Electronic Institute (“CEI”) Antenna Society, the foundation chair of IEEE Guangzhou AP/MTT Chapter, the senior members of IEEE and the fellow of CEI. He has published over 400 papers in journals and conferences, which were indexed in SCI more than 3000 times. Three of his papers published in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and Microwave Theory and Techniques since 2008 became the top Essential Science Indicators papers. In 2014, 2015 and 2016, he was elected as the highly cited scholar by Elsevier in the field of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He has authorized more than 40 invention patents of China. He was the recipient of the Science Award by CEI in 2016, the Science Award by Guangdong Province in 2013, the Science Awards by the Education Ministry of China in 2008 and 2002, the Fellowship Award by Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) in 2004, the Singapore Tan Chin Tuan Exchange Fellowship Award in 2003, the Educational Award by Shaanxi Province in 2003. His current research interests include antennas in wireless communication, microwave filters, spatial power combining array, and numerical techniques in electromagnetics.

For more information, contact Prof. Yuanxun (Ethan) Wang (ywang@ee.ucla.edu)

Date/Time:
Date(s) - Jul 07, 2017
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location:
E-IV Tesla Room #53-125
420 Westwood Plaza - 5th Flr., Los Angeles CA 90095